CME Group Sets Record Quarterly and June ADV, Driven by Growth Across Asset Classes

• Record quarterly ADV of 30.2 million contracts
• Record quarterly ADV in interest rates, agriculture, metals and SOFR futures
• Record June ADV of 25.7 million contracts
• Record quarterly international ADV of 9.2 million contracts

CHICAGO, July 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- CME Group, the world's leading derivatives marketplace, today reported its Q2 and June 2025 market statistics, with average daily volume (ADV) reaching a new quarterly record of 30.2 million contracts and June ADV reaching a record 25.7 million contracts.

In Q2, the company's ADV grew 15% year-over-year, with record quarterly volume in interest rate, agricultural and metals products. CME Group's deeply liquid SOFR futures also hit a quarterly ADV record of 4.6 million contracts.

Market statistics are available in greater detail at https://cmegroupinc.gcs-web.com/monthly-volume.

Q2 2025 highlights across asset classes compared to Q2 2024 include:

• Record quarterly Interest Rate ADV of 15.5 million contracts
  • Record 5-Year U.S Treasury Note futures ADV of 2 million contracts
  • Record 2-Year U.S. Treasury Note futures ADV of 1.1 million contracts
  • 10-Year U.S Treasury Note futures ADV increased 3% to 2.5 million contracts
  • SOFR options ADV increased 22% to 1.5 million contracts
• Equity Index ADV increased 13% to 7.7 million contracts
  • Record Micro E-mini S&P 500 futures ADV of 1.5 million contracts
  • Micro E-mini Nasdaq 100 futures ADV increased 31% to 1.7 million contracts
  • E-mini Russell 2000 futures ADV increased 16% to 234,000 contracts
• Energy ADV increased 26% to 3.1 million contracts
  • Record quarterly WTI Crude Oil options ADV of 265,000 contracts
  • Henry Hub Natural Gas futures ADV increased 7% to 585,000 contracts
  • Henry Hub Natural Gas options ADV increased 20% to 273,000 contracts
• Record quarterly Agricultural ADV of 2 million contracts
  • Record Soybean Oil futures ADV of 210,000 contracts
  • Corn futures ADV increased 4% to 478,000 contracts
  • Agricultural options ADV increased 4% to 367,000 contracts
• Foreign Exchange ADV increased 2% to 1.1 million contracts
  • Japanese Yen futures ADV increased 12% to 202,000 contracts
• Record quarterly Metals ADV of 943,000 contracts
  • Record Micro Gold futures ADV of 302,000 contracts
  • Record Gold options ADV of 100,000 contracts
  • Record Platinum futures ADV of 44,000 contracts
• Cryptocurrency ADV increased 136% to 190,000 contracts
  • Record Micro Ether futures ADV of 84,000 contracts
  • Record Ether futures ADV of 16,000 contracts
  • Micro Bitcoin futures ADV increased 93% to 65,000 contracts
• Record quarterly International ADV of 9.2 million contracts, including record EMEA ADV of 6.7 million contracts and record APAC ADV of 2.2 million contracts

June 2025 highlights compared to June 2024 include:

• Interest Rate ADV increased 1% to 11.6 million contracts
  • SOFR futures ADV increased 20% to 3.8 million contracts
  • SOFR options ADV increased 27% to 1.3 million contracts
  • 30-Day Fed Funds futures ADV increased 30% to 400,000 contracts
• Equity Index ADV of 6.6 million contracts
  • Micro E-mini S&P 500 futures ADV increased 25% to 1.1 million contracts
• Energy ADV increased 36% to 3.4 million contracts
  • Record monthly WTI Crude Oil options ADV of 307,000 contracts
  • WTI Crude Oil futures ADV increased 48% to 1.5 million contracts
  • NY Heating Oil futures ADV increased 39% to 261,000 contracts
• Agricultural ADV of 2.1 million contracts
  • Record monthly Soybean Oil futures ADV of 244,000 contracts
• Metals ADV increased 21% to 848,000 contracts
  • Record monthly Platinum futures ADV of 67,000 contracts
  • Micro Gold futures ADV increased 186% to 258,000 contracts
• Cryptocurrency ADV increased 133% to 190,000 contracts
  • Record monthly Ether futures ADV of 17,000 contracts
  • Micro Ether futures ADV increased 233% to 98,000 contracts
  • Micro Bitcoin futures ADV increased 65% to 53,000 contracts
• Micro Products ADV
  • Micro E-mini Equity Index futures and options ADV of 2.6 million contracts represented 40.1% of overall Equity Index ADV and Micro WTI Crude Oil futures accounted for 4% of overall Energy ADV
• BrokerTec U.S. Repo average daily notional value (ADNV) increased 18% to $359 billion
• EBS Spot FX ADNV increased 10% to $64 billion and FX Link ADV increased 29% to 38,000 contracts ($3.6 billion notional per leg)
• Customer average collateral balances to meet performance bond requirements for rolling 3-months ending May 2025 were $118 billion for cash collateral and $151.2 billion for non-cash collateral

As the world's leading derivatives marketplace, CME Group (www.cmegroup.com) enables clients to trade futures, options, cash and OTC markets, optimize portfolios, and analyze data – empowering market participants worldwide to efficiently manage risk and capture opportunities. CME Group exchanges offer the widest range of global benchmark products across all major asset classes based on interest rates, equity indexes, foreign exchange, energy, agricultural products and metals.  The company offers futures and options on futures trading through the CME Globex platform, fixed income trading via BrokerTec and foreign exchange trading on the EBS platform.  In addition, it operates one of the world's leading central counterparty clearing providers, CME Clearing. 

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